I think I know now the reason why--she could, meet him more often." "You said that he was an outlaw." "Yes; when he deserted he killed the two sentinels who were on guard over him, then killed a mounted officer and rode away on his horse.

He was hunted for by whole companies as fast as they could be mounted, but he could not be taken.

But after that, if a soldier or an officer rode alone a mile or more from the post, he seldom returned, but his body told that Persimmon Bill, the 'Soldier Killer,' as he was called, still lived around.

Wild Bill has done bloody work--cruel work in his time, but Persimmon Bill has killed ten men to his one." "It is strange that an intelligent woman like Addie Neidic should love such a man." "No--he is both a martyr and a hero in her eyes.

A more stately form, a nobler face, never met favor in the eyes of woman.